Well, according to Media Matters Jamison Foser questions on the importance of presidential and constitutional power have been, uh, lacking? to say the least.
Out of 1500 questions over 17 debates – not one on FISA, none on CIA renditions. None on “Habeas corpus”; none on the liability of the telecommunication companies and their allowing government access to our phone calls since before 9/11.
Yet, they had time to ask what jewerly did Hillary prefer? Diamonds or pearls? They had time to ask one candidate if he really did see a UFO (Tim Russert to Dennis Kucinich). Brian Williams had time to ask them all what they would wear for Halloween! And one cute and perky so-called news anchor (Katie Couric) had the most intriguing question that I am sure all Americans were waiting with baited breath to hear answered: Would you vote for a candidate who cheated on their spouse?
But my personal favorite? The MSBNC GOP debate back in May:
Who does not believe in Evolution? Of course, Huckabee nearly broke his arm trying to be first up! McCain looked embarrassed and came back and added – ‘I see the hand of God when I hike the Grand Canyon…”
So what does this tell us? That the people running the debates are idiots! And that I hope the American people realize that and start turning them off and do their own research.
Interesting thing. I was doing a search on my library media data base and I noticed something strange.
Edwards made on August 23 slamming “corporate democrats.” Saying if things don’t change – it really doesn’t matter who is in office if they are taking money from the same lobby cesspoool.
Well, since then, he has had 36 stories in the news. HRC? 120; Obama? 59. I wont’ even mention the other candidates because they are all in the single digits!
Coincidence? Hum???? Can you say ‘H-o-w-a-r-d D-e-a-n’??
The media shouldn’t be allowed to censor candidates – no matter who they are! It’s time for the American people to take back the media.
The Kween
Glenn Greenwald’s Salon posting for today (12/23) which cites an article by the Boston Globe’s Charlie Savage. Savage asked each of the presidential candidates 12 questions about executive power, specifically in light of the claims for unprecedently extensive presidential powers that have been made by the Bush/Cheny/Yoo complex. Today, Greenwald focuses his analysis on the really scary Romney answers, but he promises to look at the Democratic candidate’s responses which are, at least on the surface, more acceptable from a constitutional point of view (significantly, Giuliani, Thompson and Huckabee did not return answers). If you want to explore the candidates beliefs on some of the most important issues facing in the aftermath of the constitutional abuses of the Bush administration, you will find both the Savage article and Greenwald,s comments worthwhile.
Nature abhors a vacuum.